Rotary slicing machine



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' M. KIRNBAUER. ROTARY SLICING MACHINE. FILED JUNE 3. 1922.

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Application filed .Tune 3, 1922. Serial No. 565,609.`

To all whom t may concern.' i

it known that l, lvliciinnr, linniiiirnn, a citizen of the Republic offiustria (who has declaredhis intention of becoming a citizen of theUnited States of America), residing at YForest Park, in the county ofCook and State of illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Rotaryilicing Machines, of which the. `fol lowing is aspecification.

This invention relates to that class o-f culinary slicing machines inwhich a cutter carrying head having revolutionin a hori- Zontalplane, isdisposed `beneath a stationary open bottom holding hopper adapted tolconta-in the articles or material to be sliced,`

and the jectzw To provide `a structural formation and association ofparts, in which a ready depresent improvement has for itsobtachnient ofthe different portions of the machine-for cleaning and repair visattained., and with which the cutter carrying `head is effectivelyhoused against accident, with ready accessibility for adjustment of thecut-ter blades and for the removal of "tiny obstructing` material whichmay become clogged in the throats or passages in the cutter head throughwhich the sliced `niaterial passes downwardly into a receiving All aswill hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1, is atop view of the machine.

Fig. 2, is a. longitudinal sectionon line 2-2 Fig. 1.

Fig 3, is a horizontal section on line 3-3 Fig. 2.

Fig. Ll, is a detail vertical section on line i-iiuge` v *Y n Fig. 5, isan enlarge-d detail transverse section on line 55 Fig. 3, of thedetachable connection between the hopper base and the bed plateof themachine.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the base or bed plate vof themachine, having supporting feet 2 by which itis supported above areceiving bowl or the like for the sliced material as it comes from themachine.

The bed plate is `provided with a centrally arranged opening 3,' inwhich isarranged the rotary cutter carrying head now to be described.

4 designates a flat circular disk or head revolubly mounted in the`opening 3` aforesaid, by means of a centrally depending shaft havingbearing in a horizontal bracket frame 5 and carrying at its lower end abevel gear wheel 6.

7 designates a horizontal driving shaft joui'nalled in the bracket frameand carrying on its inner end a bevel wheel 8 having driving engagementwith the aforo said gear wheel 6 of the cutter c; riiying head 4C. Theouter end of the shaft 7 entends beyond the base plate l and is providedwith a hand cranlr 9 or other usual driving connection. v

10 designates aplurality of track rollers. the carrying frames of whichare attached to the base plate 1 near the margin of the opening 2thereof, with said rollers adapted to have bearing against the underface of the cutter carrying head 4 to support the saine against any sidesag in actual use ot the machine. y

l1 designates av 'pair of passages in the head or dislr e, extendingradially from near the center tonear the periphery of the disk1 tion ofthe machine.

12 designates cutter bladespreferably ot the curved edge type shown inFig. il, and arranged at the rear margins of the passages 11 aforesaid.Said cutter blades are pret erably or" the adjustable type described inmy prior Patent No. 1,415,449 dated May D. 1922 with each having a.detail association of parts followsz- 13 designates rock shaftsjournalled at their respective ends near the respectivev end of thepassages ll'and at the roar sides of the saine. The outer ends of thesha have operative connection with vertical adjusting stems 1d ournalledin the marginal portion of the cutter carrying head Ll, and by iireansbywhich a turning adjustment imparted to the shaft as set forth indetail in my aforesaidpatcnt. Lengthwise of the sha't'ts 13, the'buttportions o-f the cutter `blades 12 are fiXedly secured sov that eachcut-ter blade 12 will have adjustment in unison with its rock shaft 13.

In lthe lpreferred construction shown in Fig. il, `the respectivepassages "11 are pro vided with throats 15 extending rearwardly from theshafts 13 and cutter blades 12 aforesaid, with said throats having openbottoms and inclined top walls 16, by mea-ns of which

